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A 73-year-old man presented with a contained, ruptured aneurysm of the left femoral artery, alongside a complex medical history including asbestos exposure, smoking, and prostate cancer.
Case Report (n=1)
Case report detailing the presentation of a 73-year-old man with a contained, ruptured aneurysm of the left femoral artery.
Rare case of contained femoral artery aneurysm rupture documented; extends limited case literature but remains hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Presentation of CaseA 73-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of a contained, ruptured aneurysm of the left femoral artery.The patient was a retired shipyard pipe fitter, with known exposure to asbestos. He had smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for 30 years and then switched to pipe-smoking 32 years before admission. He also had “chronic bronchitis,” which was managed with theophylline, and hypertension, which was treated with enalapril. Ten years before entry a stage B1 carcinoma of the prostate gland was found and was treated at another hospital by radiation therapy with a . . .
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Cabot et al. (1993) conducted a case report in Contained, ruptured aneurysm of the left femoral artery (n=1). A 73-year-old man presented with a contained, ruptured aneurysm of the left femoral artery, alongside a complex medical history including asbestos exposure, smoking, and prostate cancer.
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